Kodi
Masculine · “helpful one”
Kodi is given to both — 3,337 boys and 3,944 girls since 1880. See Kodi as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Kodi respells Cody, and the Irish behind it is Ó Cuidighthigh — descendant of the helpful one, from a word meaning aid.
How old is the name Kodi?
Kodi first appears in US birth records in 1974 — 51 years ago. The typical Kodi alive today was born around 2003, making them about 22 years old. About 3,300 people named Kodi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kodi most popular?
Kodi peaked in 1993, reaching #1015 nationally. Today it ranks #1793, 778 places below that high. See the whole 1993 chart.
Lists built from the same records:
Where it comes from
From cuidightheach to Kodi
The story of Kodi
Ó Cuidighthigh was a Kilkenny family. William Cody — Buffalo Bill — made the surname internationally famous through his Wild West show from 1883, and Cody, Wyoming, is named for him. Cody rose as an American boys' name from the 1980s, and Kodi appears in the registers from that period in current use.
Meaningscholars disagree
helpful one
From the Irish Ó Cuidighthigh, from cuidightheach, 'helpful' — anglicized as Cody and Cuddihy. A second route derives it from Mac Óda, son of Otto. Both are documented for the surname. The helpful reading is the commoner one.
How the name formed
- cuidightheach
- Ó Cuidighthigh
- Cody
- Kodi
Related forms: Cody · Kody · Ó Cuidighthigh
Pronouncing Kodi
KOH-dee
Two syllables, stress on the first. Kodi, Kody and Cody are said identically.
Nicknames for Kodi
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1974
- Most boys named
- 2022139 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1015reached in 1993
- Change vs 2024
- −5.3%89 in 2025, from 94
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Kodi in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Cody in English — spelling variant
- Kody in English — spelling variant
- Ó Cuidighthigh in Irish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Georgia, Texas, Florida.
Kodis among us
people named Kodi are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 19,192 born in 2025 was named Kodi
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Kodi
- #1793
- Kodi on the 2025 chart
- #254
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Kodi went to 89 boys in 2025, but Cody, Kody and Codi and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 5 spellings went to 1,385, which makes it the 254th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,539 places above the chart.
About 1 boy in 1,233 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 19,192 for Kodi itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Mickel test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kodi's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Mickel climbed just as high around 1953, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Mickel's path sketches the road Kodi is walking now.
Kodi sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Kodi is headed
Kodi should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Kodi beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Kodi in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The helpful meaning is transparent and unusually pleasant for a surname.
- A documented Kilkenny family stands behind it.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- Cody is the standard spelling and will be assumed.
- It is thoroughly unisex in American use.
- At least three spellings of the sound are in circulation.
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Masculine · #1793 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Kodis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,300 people named Kodi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Kodi?
- Kodi is one of 5 recorded spellings. Cody is the more common one — 1,076 births in 2025 against 89 for Kodi.
- How popular is the name Kodi in 2025?
- Kodi ranks #1793 among US boy names in 2025, with 89 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kodi?
- About 1 in every 19,192 US boys born in 2025 was named Kodi — 89 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kodi with classmates?
- Kodi will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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